Into the Deep: Finding Relief from Pressure, Exhaustion, and the Need to Perform in a Shallow World

Begin a journey to living a deep, confident faith in a world of unrealistic, impossible standards.

There's no question it's easier to live in shallow water, where we can touch the ground without risking anything. We're all just trying to keep it together, hoping to find some sense of safety in our chaotic world. But as a result, we aren't really living. We're stuck in survival mode, saying we want relief but filling the silence with noise, hungering for connection but hiding our true selves, claiming we want freedom but clinging to control, saying that Jesus is enough but living like He's not. We're trying to live deep, meaningful lives with surface-level tools--when we know we were created for more.

In Into the Deep, bestselling author Angie Smith brings her signature humor, practical application, biblical teaching, and PhD in psychology to help you:

• look beneath the surface of the habits and fears that keep us living small, sidelined, and scared
• shed perfectionism, impostor syndrome, anxiety, comparison, exhaustion, and anything else that drags you down
• realize you can be brave, authentic, and honest in a world that doesn't always encourage it
• learn from men and women in Scripture how to live fully accepted and loved in your identity as a child of God

The world will never tell you that you're enough. But you can take a deep breath, loosen your grip, and trust Jesus to be in the water with you. Join Angie in unlearning the patterns that have held you captive and instead encounter the deeper truth of who you already are in Christ--loved, accepted, chosen, known, worthy, and so much more.

Angie Smith is a bestselling author, Bible teacher, and speaker with a PhD in developmental psychology. Her works include the popular Bible studies Seamless and Matchless, as well as the books Chasing God and What Women Fear. She loves helping people explore the deeper layers of their faith and emotional life. Known for her blend of honesty, humor, and heartfelt storytelling, she weaves together psychological insight and biblical truth in ways that feel both accessible and transformative. Angie has walked alongside thousands of readers as they move from surface-level survival into wholehearted, grounded living with God. When she's not writing, she's teaching middle school English and spending time with her husband and four daughters in Franklin, Tennessee.